Senator RHIANNON: I want to start with some questions related to issues to do with Azerbaijan and the Armenian issue. Minister Fierravanti-Wells indicated that Australia was, and I am quoting one of the minister's speeches from your website:

Senator RHIANNON: Has the Australian government made any contact with Israeli counterparts around the arrest and detention of Ahed Tamimi, who was detained on 19 December and continues to be held while she awaits trial?

Mr Neuhaus: Yes, we've had contact on that case.

Senator RHIANNON: What was the context for the contact, please?

Mr Neuhaus: I will go into more detail on that. It's been raised by our embassy in Israel.

Trump Jerusalem move a distraction for home; but Palestinian resistance will triumph

Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon has condemned the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and relocate the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv.

Senator Rhiannon said, “Civil society has always been the defender of justice for Palestine, and this current move by Trump will not stop that. Resistance endures and the Palestinian resistance will triumph.

The words Sabra and Shatila have resonated in my family since October 1982. As a mother, then with two young children, I remember so clearly when my mother, Freda Brown, then the President of the Women's International Democratic Federation, returned home to Sydney that year.